Pummel (Pumble or Pommel), subs. (old).—A drubbing: amongst pugilists, a crippler (q.v.). Also as verb. = to beat; TO tan (q.v.): also PUM.—B.E. (c. 1696); Grose (1785).
1515. [Hall, Henry VIII., an. 6]. Ye duke by pure strength tooke hym about the necke, and pomeled so about the hed that the bloud yssued out of his nose.
1530. Palsgrave, Lang. Fran., s.v.
d. 1556. Udal, Luke, iii. They turne him cleane out of his owne doores, and pumble him about the pate in stede.
1713. Observer, No. 95. I was pummelled to a mummy by the boys, showed up by the ushers, &c.
1772. Bridges, Burlesque Homer, 96. But I . . . Go quite upon another plan, And sleep unpummel'd when I can.
1819. Byron, Don Juan, 1. 184. Alphonso pummelled to his heart's desire Swore lustily.
1858. Dickens, Great Expectations, xii. I used to want . . . to . . . fly at Pumblechook, and pummel him all over.
1800. Milligan, Groves of Blarney. But Oliver Cromwell he did her pummel, And made a breach in her battlement.
Pump, subs. (common).—1. In pl.
= dancing shoes. Also occasionally
as verb. = to don dancing
shoes.—Grose (1785).
1592. Nash, Piers Penniless [Collier, xxv.). [Oliphant, New English, ii. 10. We hear of pumps, opposed to commoner shoes; this is from pomp and luxury].
1592, Shakspeare, Mid. Night's Dream, iv. 2. Get your apparel together, good strings to your beards, new ribbons to your pumps. Ibid. (1593) Taming of Shrew, iv. 1. And Gabriel's pumps were all unpink'd i the heel.
1601. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. Thou shalt not need to travel with thy pumps full of gravel any more.
1664. Cotton, Virgil Travestie (1st ed.), 59. You might have walkt your pumps apieces, Ere light on such a Place as this is.
1840. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends (Sir Rupert). When a gentleman jumps In the river at midnight for want of the dumps He rarely puts on knee-breeches and pumps.
1845. Buckstone, Green Bushes, i. 2. When, to step a lady of high degree, You put on your pumps and are happy indeed.
1848. Thackeray, Book of Snobs, i. The usual attire of a gentleman, viz., pumps, a gold waistcoat, a crush hat, a sham frill, and a white choker.
1848. Dickens, Dombey & Son, xiv. All the young gentlemen tightly cravatted, curled and pumped.
1857. Moncrieff, Bashful Man, i. 2. Go and dress at once; your pumps are all ready.
2. (common).—In pl. = the eyes: see Glim.
1825. Buckstone, Bear Hunters, i. 2. Your pumps have been at work—you've been crying, girl.
3. (venery).—1. The female pudendum: also pump-dale: see Monosyllable; (2) = the penis: also pump-handle: see Prick; and (3, Scots') = a FART (q.v). As verb. (1) = to copulate: see Ride; (2) = to piss (q.v.): also to pump ship (or water); and (3) = TO FART (q.v.); TO PUMP off = to masturbate: see Frig. —Grose (1785).
1706. Ward, Wooden World, 3. That sage hit it best . . . who compared a ship to a Woman . . . her pump-dale smells strongest when she has the soundest bottom.
1730. Broadside Song, 'Gee ho, Dobbin' [Farmer, Merry Songs and Ballads (1897), ii. 204]. I worked at her Pump till the sucker grew dry, And then I left pumping a good Reason why. Ibid. Then Roger's Pump-handle ran the Devil knows where.
4. (Scots').—A public house: see Lush-crib.
5. See verb, sense 1.
6. (common).—A solemn noodle.
